Springdale Cemetery - New addition

First Addition to Springdale Cemetery
Common Council Meeting - City of Madison
Aug. 23, 1849
[Transcription by Ruth A. Hoggatt © 2003]

To Jno. R. Cravens & John King
For grading & gravelling Mill Street opposite 10 foot alley - as per bill on file }          $8.00
      The following report was presented from the City Surveyor - namely:
      The undersigned begs leave to report -- That in obedience to the Order of the Committee on Streets & Wharves, he did proceed to survey and stake out an Addition to "Springdale Cemetery" belonging to the City of Madison as exhibited in a connected Map of said Cemetery herewith returned and made a part of this Report.
      As the East boundary of said Addition is governed by the Land-line dividing Sections 34 & 35 Town 4 North of Range 10 East - therfore it became indispensably necessary to ascertain the location of said line as near as possible.
      There being a Stone Memorial planted by Somebody on the Township line, appararently designed to mark the South East Corner of Section 34 and the South West Corner of Section 35 in Township 4 North of Range 10 East, from which last mentioned Stone Memorial numerous surveys and measurements have been made in the City; thereby tacitly recognizing said stone memorial as being correct; and the undersigned having no means under his control whereby he feels authorized to change the location of said Stone Memorial from its present location on the township line aforesaid, -taking as granted that the above described memorials are fixed and established, proceeded to ascertain the bearing of the line between Said Memorials, and find said line to bear North 3° 29' 34" West instead of North 4° 15' West as heretofore understood, consequently the true line falls 20 feet East of the North East corner of the Original Cemetery, measuring on the North line of the old Cemetery as heretofore laid out.
      The Addition is laid out in conformity with the true land line, and placed on the Map connected with the Original Map to show the relation of each. The Addition consists of Eight tiers of lots 17 1/2 feet North & South by 24 1/2 feet East & West with an Eight foot Alley between each tier of lots. There is a 30 foot Street between the lots of the Old Cemetery and the present Addition, and an Eight foot Alley on the North side of said Addition. Lots numbered 171-172-193-194-215-216-236 & 237 and fractions having their sizes marked on them in figures. - The Avenue of the Old Cemetery is continued - being 40 feet wide and bearing North 9° 30' East at right angles to 5th Street. The lots are all staked at every Corner. The Block West of the Addition is only staked on the external lines - No further survey having been made of said Block. The Street South of this Block is 27 feet wide. - All of which is respectfully submitted by

Signed } Wm C. Bramwell,
City Surveyor

Madison, Aug 23^d 1849.
      On motion the foregoing Report was adopted and ordered to be sp__nd upon the minutes.
      The Annexed bill which accompanied the foregoing Report was presented, and the Allowances ordered to be Made - Namely:

To Wm. C. Bramwell for 4 days Surveying $12.00

"   Wm. C. Bramwell for Making Map 3.00

"   John Mortimer, as Assistant 1 day 2.00

"   B. F. Hatcher, as Assistant 4 days 4.00

"   Samuel E. Hatcher, as Assistant 3 days 3.00

"   B. F. Hatcher, Making 200 Stakes 1.00

      Mr. Hartly, the City Marshal presented a report stating that he had obeyed the instructions of the Board in relation to the Old Grave Yard - that he had had the weeds and briers cut down - the fence and steps repaired, and a good gate made. He also had sold the lime remaining on hand for the Sum of Four dollars, which amount he had paid over to Joseph Wilson, the City Treasurer.     The following bills, certified to by the Marshal accompanied said Report, which were on Motion Ordered to be paid - namely:

To John Grayson For Repairs of Old Grave Yard 6.50

          & For removing Nuisance .50

Amounting to the sum of $7.00

" James B. Steel For removing Nuisance .25

" Patrick Madden For removing Nuisance .25

" Dominick O'Donnell For 18 Days Work on the hill

in City limits c 1.15} 20.70

" Thomas Dowlin For 17 days    do    c 1.15 19.55

" Michael Glenn For 17 days    do    c 1.15 19.55

" Patrick Glynn For 14 days    do    c 1.15 16.10

" Michael McGrath For 6 days with horse & cart 12.00

" Payne & Dailey For Bill Lumber for repairs

of Old Grave Yard } 8.33

      And then on Motion the Common Council adjourned until 7½ O'Clock.

Office of the Common Council of the City of Madison - Sep. 6, 1849
      On Motion of Mr. Hunt it was ordered that the price be fixed on the front tier of lots in the recent addition to Springdale Cemetery, (being the first tier immediately North of the Original plat) at the sum of Twenty five dollars per lot. On motion of Mr. Danson the next or second tier North, was ordered to be fixed at the value of Twenty dollars per lot -- And on Motion of Mr. Coffman it was ordered that all the remainder of the lots in the said New Addition be held at the rate of Fifteen dollars per lot.
      It was also ordered that the City Clerk give notice by publication in the Newspapers of the City, that the lots in the New Addition to Springdale Cemetery are ready for sale - that application be made to Mayor at his office where a plat of said lots can be seen - and that the terms for said lots as fixed by the Common Council are one half the purchase money in hand, and the remainder in six months.

[Sep. 20, 1849, p. 590]
      A Contract was presented by Mr. Hinds from the appropriate Committee, between Mr John Grayson and his sureties, and the aforesaid Committee for the building of a Fence around the recent Addition to Springdale Cemetery, Said fence to be built for the sum of _____ and within the time of _____ days according to Certain Proposals as set forth in said Contract.      Said Contract on Motion was approved by the Common Council. --

[John Grayson's Receipt]
City of Madison
      To John Grayson Sr
April 18^th 1850 Repairing Cemetery fence &c $4.00
Rec'd payment
                    John Grayson

[Unknown date]
Resolved, by the Common Council of the City of Madison, That the sum of One hundred dollars be and the same hereby is appropriated and set apart out of any money received from the sale of lots in Springdale Cemetary, to be expended, under the direction of a select committee to be appointed by the President of the Council, in planting trees and otherwise improving said Cemetary grounds.

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